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In 1898 he published the article "Stirring Times in Austria". Twain's account generated several letters, and one poignant response in particular from an American Jewish lawyer who asked Twain: "Tell me, therefore, from your vantage-point of cold view, what in your mind is the cause.
The term originated in the nineteenth century by self-described German antisemites to describe their non-Jewish opponents. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] American-Jewish historian Daniel Cohen of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies has asserted that philosemitism "can indeed easily recycle antisemitic themes, recreate Jewish otherness , or ...
The later amalgamation of the fate of the specific figure of legend with the condition of the Jewish people as ... chapter 54 of Mark Twain's 1869 ... (1857) and in ...
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."
1833 Benjamin Disraeli, then 28 years old, writes The Wondrous Tale of Alroy about David Alroy's messianic mission to Jerusalem 1837 Lord Lindsay travels to Palestine. In 1838 he wrote Letters on Egypt, Edom and the Holy Land [9] in which he stated "Many I believe entertain the idea that an actual curse rests on the soil of Palestine, and may be startled therefore at the testimony I have borne ...
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (1857): Sinai and Palestine: In Connection with Their History; Stanhope, Hester Lucy, Lady, 1776–1839, Charles Lewis Meryon (1845): Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope: Comprising Her Opinions and Anecdotes of Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time Edition: 2 Published by H. Colburn, Item notes: v. 1 (of 3 ...
Herman Bernstein's correspondence, housed at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at the Center for Jewish History in New York, [23] includes letters to and from many of the most eminent people of that period in various walks of life, including Mark Twain Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Sholem Aleichem, Andrew Carnegie, Leo Tolstoy, William ...
Mark Oliphant (1901–2000): Australian physicist and humanitarian. He played a fundamental role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and also the development of the atomic bomb. [410] Karl Pearson (1857–1936): English mathematician who has been credited for establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. [411]